Links are allowed and hub authors can decide if they want to approve or delete the comments. Many people have a policy of deleting all comments with links regardless of the context; others approve the comments if the link adds something to the discussion. It's completely up to you how you want to handle it.

If there is a comment with a link I delete the whole thing. Too many of my hubs have been stolen and the first one started with clicking on a link. I will only chick on a link if one of my trusted followers put one in, but then I would know it was a trick, none of them would do that. Sometimes I do feel badly about doing this if the hubber is new to HP. When this is the case I try to message them to let them know what happened.

Be sure to always report anything you believe is spammy - I get posts with emails and links pretty often in one particular set of hubs, and I do not approve them, but report them as spam.

FYI - my understanding is we should not delete spam comments once we've reported them - the site admins need to capture the information to see if they need to act on it in any way (such as blocking an IP or whatever). If you delete the comment, they can't follow up. The comments are not available to visitors if you deny approval.

Comments flagged as spam will go away - so don't worry about labeling it as spam but not deleting it. After a day or so, it's gone.

Marcy, just to correct something you said... comments flagged as spam do not go away after a day or so. They continue to remain in your spam folder until you delete them. I agree it is a good idea to leave them in there a few days so staff can follow up. But then you should clean up your spam folder every so often.

In addition, I sometimes find good comments from decent hubbers that incorrectly got marked a spam. I would not have known if I hadn't checked my spam folder every once in a while.

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